The recent Palestinian-Israeli conflict has led to tensions in the Middle East, and the United States has also sent 2 dual aircraft carrier strike groups at the first time, plus 1 amphibious alert group, such a large naval force, but Ukraine has not enjoyed, which is enough to show the importance of the situation in the Middle East. However, the caution of the US military is not unreasonable, and the recent flight of a number of drones and cruise missiles in the Red Sea to US destroyers seems that the situation in the Middle East may change abruptly.
According to the US Naval Association website USNI, Pentagon Press Secretary Ryder said that on October 19, local time, the US Navy destroyer USS Carney (DDG-64) was hit by a number of aircraft near the Red Sea, including 3 cruise missiles for ground attack and as many as 8 UAV strikes.
Judging by the details of the report, the US destroyer fired a number of Standard 2 anti-aircraft missiles, shooting down these targets flying towards the US ship. It is not clear what models of these cruise missiles and UAVs will be. However, these weapons were fired from areas controlled by the Houthis, most likely by the Houthis. However, it is worth mentioning that the target of these weapons may not be the US destroyer itself, because the US Navy said that these missiles are flying north, or they may be used to strike Israel, but they just happened to be shot down in the air defense area of the US Aegis destroyer.
Through the fire of the US destroyer Middle East on the 20th, we can also analyze a lot of information. First of all, although the Middle East is not united, some armed groups have begun to take action, such as the Lebanese Allah Party, Syrian armed groups, Yemeni Houthis, etc., and they are attacking Israel in their own way. Of course, if the United States continues to support Israel's indiscriminate killing of innocent people in Palestine, then the Houthis does not rule out a direct attack on US ships.
Secondly, we can see that the strength of various armed forces in the Middle East has begun to improve, for example, the Houthis can dispatch multiple ground weapons. It is said that the Houthis may be armed with Quds 4 cruise missiles with a range of more than 2,000 kilometers. In particular, there is the addition of drones, which may be deployed in front of missiles as decoys to attract anti-aircraft fire, and this combination of techniques and tactics is not low, making it more difficult for Western weapons to intercept. Even if you can't fight a regular war, engaging in guerrilla sneak attacks will make the other side defenseless.
Israel and the United States have suffered a lot of UAVs, and Israel's Merkava 4 tanks have been hit by various UAVs and anti-tank weapons, and more than 10 have been lost. U.S. military officials also said on the 19th that the U.S. military bases in Syria and Iraq have been hit by at least four drones in the past 3 days, causing injuries to U.S. troops, while the U.S. Department of Defense said that only one was shot down. I believe that the addition of drones in the future will make the Middle East armed forces strike at the United States into a new situation, and the United States will not suffer less from the hardships Russia has suffered in Ukraine.
Finally, it is not difficult to see through this incident that the US naval power is already stretched. For example, the protagonist of this time, the destroyer USS Carney, is one of four US destroyers stationed at the Rota naval base in Spain, which entered the Red Sea from the Mediterranean Sea on October 18. The two aircraft carrier battle groups deployed in the eastern Mediterranean also account for two-fifths of all aircraft carriers currently in the US military. It can be said that a tense situation in the Middle East involves most of the US military's forces in the world, and whether the United States can deal with several hot spots in the world at the same time is a big question mark.
Overall, the shooting down of a Houthi cruise missile by a US destroyer is a landmark event. It shows that the attitude of the US military towards the Middle East issue and the Russian-Ukrainian issue is completely different, and it will really fire. It also shows that the situation in the Middle East may deteriorate again. If the parties in the Middle East fail to unite to express their views, or to put pressure on the United States and Israel, the tragedy in Palestine will be repeated again and again, and this may be the sadness of small countries. At this time, it is also more possible to feel that we are not living in a peaceful world, but in a country where there are people who carry the weight forward.